Staffing & Employment Services industry stocks

The Staffing & Employment Services industry has 18 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Industrials sector, with a combined market value of $19.5B. Robert Half Inc. (RHI) is the largest at $4.4B, followed by Korn/Ferry International and TriNet Group, Inc.. The median Staffing & Employment Services stock trades at 23.6× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 0.04% (market: 1.06%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is −2.94%. 9 of the 18 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 2.77%.

Staffing & Employment Services medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 23.6× 17.9×
P/S 0.3× 1.9×
P/B 1.2× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 17.6× 14.1×
EV/EBITDA 11.4× 10.9×
EV/Sales 0.3× 2.1×
Earnings yield 0.15% 1.55%
Free cash flow yield 0.39% 0.93%
Gross margin 25.0% 45.1%
Operating margin 0.29% 0.00%
Net margin 0.04% 1.06%
Free cash flow margin 0.14% 0.00%
Return on equity 2.93% 0.51%
Return on assets 0.07% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.32% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) −2.94% 7.58%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) −21.6% 14.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.03% 8.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.0× 0.1×
Current ratio 1.8× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA −0.1× 0.6×
Dividend yield 2.47% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.5× 0.3×
Market cap $461.4M $676.4M

Today’s biggest moves

Up

11.99 2.15 +21.85%
66.99 0.22 +0.33%
76.96 1.07 −1.37%
46.00 0.93 −1.98%
50.52 1.17 −2.26%

Down

13.87 3.04 −17.98%
30.17 2.93 −8.85%
42.82 2.13 −4.74%
55.62 2.67 −4.58%
25.55 0.94 −3.55%

All 18 companies

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
RHI Robert Half Inc. 4.40b 42.82 (4.74%) 35.10 2.30% (2.94%) 5.51%
KFY Korn/Ferry International 4.21b 76.96 (1.37%) 14.25 9.24% 6.94% 2.77%
TNET TriNet Group, Inc. 3.08b 66.99 0.33% 17.99 3.60% (3.96%) 1.71%
MAN ManpowerGroup Inc. 2.15b 46.00 (1.98%) 17.90 0.64% 7.25% 3.13%
NSP Insperity, Inc. 1.94b 50.52 (2.26%) 685.48 0.04% 2.12% 4.75%
KFRC Kforce, Inc. 997.66m 55.62 (4.58%) 23.27 2.98% 2.14% 2.86%
BBSI Barrett Business Services, Inc. 736.50m 30.17 (8.85%) 23.57 2.44% 4.70% 1.06%
KELYB Kelly Services, Inc. 659.70m 25.55 (3.55%) — 0.00% (7.68%) —
KELYA Kelly Services, Inc. 515.34m 13.87 (17.98%) — 0.00% (7.68%) 2.16%
TBI TrueBlue, Inc. 376.29m 11.99 21.85% — (2.55%) 12.42% —
HQI HireQuest, Inc. 239.22m 17.24 (2.76%) 29.22 27.06% (7.53%) 1.39%
MHH Mastech Digital, Inc 76.62m 6.24 0.16% 68.87 0.67% (13.57%) —
BGSF BGSF, Inc. 37.70m 3.46 (11.96%) — (8.99%) (6.50%) 0.00%
STRR Star Equity Holdings, Inc. 35.05m 9.55 (0.62%) — (5.27%) 52.15% —
CIRC Circle8 Group, Inc. 24.09m 0.20 (13.04%) — (18.78%) 80.53% —
JOB GEE Group Inc. 20.87m 0.19 0.00% — (0.10%) (12.91%) —
GLXG Galaxy Payroll Group Limited 4.17m 0.71 2.90% — — — —
IPDN Professional Diversity Network, Inc. 910.00k 1.31 (20.12%) — (143.85%) (5.10%) —

Updated 5 November 2026